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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-06-05

| force sin fuerza, que no viene a
cuento en- la question del extranje-
rismo que estamos ventilando.
Que Sc halla arraigada la necesi
dad de la autonomia en- Ia concien
cia de los liberales puertorrique
nos, no en- la de todos; vaya con
Dios; ALA ellos.
Pe> Ique tiene que yer Ell
- 10 con las expatriaciones,
otc., de que habla "El Clamor del
Pals y, y que a nadie ha podido
ocurrfrsele sino al impresionable
colega? Aqui, como no sean los
que persiguen ideales perturba-
dores y los que no Sc ocupan de
otra cosa que de restar tuerzas q
Ia empresa santa de la prosperi-
dad &c esta terra Iquien puede
albergar en- su pecho el criminal
anhelo de snular y suprimir ell
pals?
La erudici6n de GEL Clamor
nos tiene sobrecogidos. FL no
probara que estan en- su de-
recho los extraujeros que hacen
politica aut6ncma en- Puerto
Rico; 81 no probara la inmor
talidad del autonomismo, aver
nacido en- Borinquen, pero este
Ique importa? En- cambio nos
sorprendera Ooh, novedad! re-
cordandonos la noche de Saint
Barthelemy, ell calvinismo fran
ces, al Daque de Alba, ell protes.
tantismo de los Paises BAjos, Ia
Iuquisici6n, ell suplicio de Riego,
el de Mariana dc Pineda, a Fer
nando VII, ell trono de Dona Isa-
bel II, las cuerdas de presos en-
viadas q Filipinas, Ell pronuncia-
miento de Vicalvaro, Ia noche de
San Daniel, la revoluci6n de 1888
(eche V. citas, compadre ......
Precisamente estamos ahora en-
epoca de examenes escolares. A
yer 81 GEL Clamor del PATS" con-
sigue un premio en- Historic.
Tendriamos mucho gusto en- dar-
le la enhorabuena.
Con seguridad que los extran
jeros que Sc caen aquf "del lado
de la libertad" habran dicho, al
echarse al cuerpo ell editorial de
GEL Clamor titulado No la ma.
toreis: "El colega no nos ha con
vencido gran cosa de que legal
mente hacemos politica aut6noma
en- terra de Espalla. Pero esa de.
icien~ia de nuestro defensor of
cioso sdple'a ell amigo relarando
historic que e. u0 porttnto. Aun-
que sea traida por los cabellos."
Para hiStoriaS estan los item.
pos!-decimos nosotros.
va pesar de to1a Ia erudici6n
historical de "El G amor del Pals"
que pronto pasara 4 a historic
ell autonomismo puertorriqueilo!
Con y sin los txtranjozos que
"se caen del lado de la libertad,"
segdn dice "Ei Clamor del Pai.."
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-06-05
ISLA DE CUBA.

Ell Partido de Union Oonstitu
cional cubano ha alcanzado una Ii
sonjera victoria en- las nltimas elec
clones concejiles.
En- 10 provincial de Santiago de
Cuba, donde rin6 con ahinco el au-
tonomismo, concibiendo halague-
has esperanZas, resultarOn electOs
IS adictos q Ia Union Constitucio-
nal, "a autonomistas y 8 indefiui-
dos.
Celebramos el complete triunfo
de nuestros amigos de Cuba.
FL bandolerismo esta siendo OBJ
jeto en- Cuba de eticaz y cOnstante
persecution.
Dice 81 Didrio dc Ia Marina del
10:
"Eu el Gobierno General sc recibi6
anoche el siguiente telegrAma del Go
Civil de MatanEas:
MstanEas, . de Mayo, q las 5 de
Ia tarde.-El q ,bernador Civil al Go
bernador General.-El Jefe de la Guar
iia Civil de esta Jurisdiction, dssde
participa en- telegrama de
hoy 10 eaptun de bandido Pedro Ana
70, convicto y confeso del sscnsstrs del
niho Castillo, con otros rcbos On cue.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-06-05
De todos modos, celebramoa, y

De todos modos, celebramoa, y
macho, que ell sefior Llorens,
nuestro compaf1ero recOnozcd
que los peninsulares, no han ve
mido d este suelo d esclaUizar d
los pue "torriqwenos, = que niegue,
porque, al fin, noble es. esas fra.
ses que aquel le ha atribuido, pro-
testando de su prudencia en- ell ha
blar, con gran contentamiento de
nuestra parte. ST, como dice, el
mismo sefior Alcalde le ha felici
tado despues del meeting, no du.
damos de que tambieo nuestro co
municante habra de hacerle com
pleta justicia, va que aqui nadie
puede tener interes en- que las
cosas aparezcan de otro modo del
en- que hayan ocurrido.
Humacao, Mayo 81 de 1887.
Sr. Director del BoLETfN MER-
CANTIL.
San Juan P. r.
Estimado companero:
En- ell n1mero 63 del peri6dico q
su digno cargo, ha dado V. cabida
q una titulada Breve Resena," que
le han remitido de San Lorenzo Y
en- la cual abundan mal6volas
inexactitudes.
Siento tener que ocuparme, con
tai motive, de mi humilde perso-
nalidad; pero 81 autor de la "Bre-
We Resena," no Sc con que inten-
clones, tiene la poca aprensi6n de
atribuirme frases que no die en-
ninguna forma y nj siquiera pasa.
ron por mi mente.
Els absolutamente falso que en- la
reunion autonomista de San Lo-
renzo, nj en- otra parte, haya dicho
el que suscribe, "que los peninsu-
lares han venido q Puerto-Rico a
convertir sus naturales en- escla-
vos," nj mucho menos que en- su
discurso haya apelado q ola difa-
maci6n Y a la calumnia" Estas
puedo decir, con seguridad, que las
emplea quien me atribuye 10 que
no he dicho nj pensado decir.
Muy extrano serla que despu6s
de haberme expresado 70 en- t6rmi.
nos tan POGO meditados, hubiese
sido objeto de demostraciones aten.
tas y amistosas, como 10 fuf, POI
parte del Sr. Alcalde, del Secreta.
rio del Ayuntamiento y de otrOs
apreciables adversarios que asistie.
ron & la reunion.
| Acostumbro medir mucho las pa.
labras, y cualquiera que alguna vez
haya dido 6 leido las mfas, com
prendera, sin esfuerzo, que mi esti'
10 no es ell que me atribuye su pocc
exactO cOrrespOnsal.
Algo dice este del Lcdo. D. Can
dido Martinez, cuyo discurso me
consta fue improvisado, y que dichC
Sr. solamente llevaba, para consul
tar, algunas notas de los puntos
sobre que Sc proponfa discurrir.
InteresandCme rectifcar, apelo
sus sentimientos de companerismo
al rogarle la inserci6n de estas II
meas en- Ell BoLETfN, Y anticipan
dole gracias, quedo su affmo. com
panero Y s. s.
9. B. s. NJ.
jose Llo,ens q Echevarrta.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-06-05
EN- Ell CTELO.

Nuestro distinguido amigo don
Enrique Gadea y su dignfsima
esposa han tenido la desgracia de
perder a un tierno y precioso
hJo, cuya vida ha arrebatsdo
cruel enfermedad.
tEl Senor hs querido que de la
terra pasase al coro de Angeles
la inocente criatura!
i loexcrutables designios del
Altisimo!
Deploramos os muy sinceramente
ell trance doloroso por que atra-
vlesan los se1ores de Gadea y nos
asociamos a su acerbo pesar, de-
seandoles consuelo y resignation.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-06-05
PllRIOTICl MANIFESTATION.

Lo es Ia que desde Ia Aguada
nos remite uuestro consecuente Y
sprecisb!e correligionario don
j. Celestino Morat, reclamando.
con noble frauquezs, contra una
insinuaci6n iujustisima que res.
pecto de su persona lanzara El
Camor del Pals, de quien es sabi.
do que vive soflando en- engrosar
las 6las del neo -au:onomismo. con
ilusorios desprendimientos del
uuestro. En- correligionarios co.
mo ell Sr. Moret, de Aguada, min
gun etecto producer las cabalas
de El Ciamor; al contrario; he
aqui su noble manifestation, por
Ia cual le aplaudimos.
Aguada, so Mayo de 1887.
Sr. d. Ignacio Diaz Caneia, Di.
rector del BoLETIN MERoANTIL.
Muy sehor milo y amigo: Ne
permito acompanarle 81 adiuntQ
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-06-05
MEREcIDo HONOR:

En- junta general ha asordado
ell Llceo Militar costear un retra.
to al 6leo del respectable sefior
Coronel de Estado Mayor don
Juan Alvarez Arenas, como justo
tribute de gratitud por los impor.
tantes servicios prestados & la
Sociedad por 'aquel caballero en-
ell cargo de presidente de la mis-
ma.
El retrato Sc colocarS en- lugar
peetefeAte de aqueitos salones.
Aplaudimos ell merecido honor
que con clio so rinde al sefior
Arenas, y felicitamos al Liceo
por tan acertada idea.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-06-05

itu y letra de uuestras leyes.
Pero abandonamos esta tarea, en-
atenci6n a que la prueba huelga
por notoria, y 10 que hsce falta
es que no Sc repitan aquellos su.
cesos, con menoscabo de los SEN
timientos de este N origerado pue-
hin
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-06-05
BOletin MerCantil.

alguncs padres su tolerAncia mas ALA
que en- ninguna otra. Esos padres hs-
cen mas dafio q sus hijos con sus blsn-
denguerfss que cu&nto pudiers causar.
les Ell compsnero mas perverso.
" Basts va de cari1os nal entendi-
dos.''
OtrO cGt6Ec0.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-06-05
Ia UNIDiD Al(lOYiI."

Con e te titulo rera nuy prom
to la luz en- la ciud.d de Maya.
giiez una bueua publication, cuyo
principal objeto era combatlr las
doctrinas auton6micas y defender
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-06-05
junta de la Delegation Provin-
cial.
Pues La Juventud escribe:

"La Delegation habr& de reunirse
en- breve, y decidira 10 que juzgue
acertado ; concerniente sobre ell punto
que hsmos debatido, no por 10 que res
pecta q la insignifcante personalidad
del que estas lineas escrihe, Delegado
Suplente del Distrito de Utuado, sino
por una question de derecho que en-
vuelve q todos sus demas companeros,
question mucho mas importsnte que
Ia de nombres propios, por muy res
petables que estos sean.
IEn que quedamos3
LA oraci6n activa Sc convert.
ra a la postre en- pasiva2
20 Sc dara lugar d un conficto
europeo?
No es de temer, por fortuna,
que la cosa llegue q tanto.
iOh, capitalidad aut6noma!
iQue ejemplos das a tus su :
bordinadosl
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-06-05

iOn, caplCal0a0 autOnOma!
iQue ejemplos das a tus su :
bordinados!
Escrito 10 anterior, vemos en-
los peri6dicos de Ponce que vol
vic a reunirse ell sanhedrin de la
Delegation auton6mica, para ira.
tar (dice uu tercero en- discordia,
La Civitizaci6n, tomando vela
en- Ell entierro) de la nueva cleo
ci6n que ha hecho ell distrito de
Utuado, recaida en- ell Director de
El Pueblo.
IY que ha resultado de la tras.
cendentalisima reunion?
Pues que no ha resultado nd.
Segdn ell aludido colega, que
dice:
"Por manera que en- el fondo
no ha resuelto NADIA la D3lega.
ci6n. "
En- ella impugnaron ell acta del
nombramiento del Director de
Ell Pueblo ell senior Gaatier y
otros Delegados. La defendie-
ron los se1ores Baldorioty y Ote
70.
Y fue anulada por seis votos
contra tres. En- votaci6n secre.
ia, entiendase.
Y, sin embargo, segdu La c.
vilizaci6n, NADIA ha resuelto de
tomdo ell c6nclave de la Capital.
dad.
"No, exclama Ell Pueblo; nc
ha sido anulada ell acta en- prin-
cipio; 10 que HI hecho la Dsle3a-
ci6n es acusar de vicios de torma
la election Ultima veri6cada en- eI
Distrito de Utuado. "
luna friolera! Y 10 que tiene
vicio de nulidad Ino es nulo?
Vease, 81 no, como ell mismc
Pueblo dice q continuation:
Motive por ell cual--los vi
clos de forma-la corporation au.
tonomista ha acordado por Sc
g,tnda Ues que Sc procediera a
nombramiento, no va solamente
del Delegado, sino del Supleute
puesto quo este tamblen ha re-
nunciado.
Esto ST que Seria gracioso, ,
edifieante, y peregrino.
Que despues de tantas idas J
venidas -:
Que despues de tantas vuel.
tas y revueltas %;
Que despues de haber sudado
tanto como ha sudado Ell Pue bio
arrimsndo la brasa q su SARDINIA,
como La Juvent1d, su rival;
iQle despue, de tantas y tantas
juntas y deliberaciones, y de tan
ros nombramientos, saliera ell dis.
trito de Utuado designando otro
representante en- ell C6nclave pom
ceflo!
EI Pueblo Sc regodea con que
ha sido resuelto ell punto de de.
recho.
El que no Sc consuela es por.
que no quiere consolarse, dice el
refran.
Y ell case es que ell distrito de
Utuado tiene que desandar 10 an
dado y proceder otra vez al nom
hramiento de su Delegado en- ell
Sanhedrin ponceno.
Y como de sabios es mudar de
opinion, y nuestros autonomistas
10 son en- superlativo grado Ino
podria suceder que los aut6nomos
de Utuado eligiesen otro Procu.
rador en- la Delegscion2
Por 10 demas, conste 10 que de.
clsr6 Ell Pueblo.
E., por mas que Sc inhibio en-
ell pleito, 81 ha 1ebatido ell punto
de derecho de marras, no ha sido
por ell movil egoista de que su
Director estuviese interesado en-
Ia question.
iCuanto puede ell derecho!
lCuanto la abnegacion, entire
los autonomistas!
IRsinara al fin la paz en- Var
,oria!
ISeguira dando funestos elem
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-31
HUNTSVILLE WANTS HIM.
FLoRIDA'S METROPOLIS.
Burglars Very Busy-No Clue to the
Identity of Greenways Murderer.

Burglars Very Busy--No Clue to the
Identity of Greenway's Murderer.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, July 30.--Burglars
have been getting in some fine work lately.
This morning Greely's bank was discovered
to have been entered from the back door,
and Mr.. Greely's private desk was rummaged.
Evidently the burglar was after private
papers. He, however, got nothing valuable.
The watchman, while on his usual rounds,
thought he detected somebody in the bank,
and ran around the building to intercept
the thief, but the latter got out In time and
fled, closely pursued by the watchman, WHO
fired four shots without effect.
Burglars also broke into Dowling's gro-
Gerry store and Sabel Bros leather store.
The rascals, however, were frightened OF
before they succeeded in getting any
booty. The city is very much excited over
the robberies, and if the thieves are caught
it will go hard with them.
GREENwAY's MURDER.
No clue has been yet obtained to Mr.. Green
ways murderer, although a negro named
Small is in Jail on suspicion l., however,
is hardly possible for n man to have slipped
up behind Mr.. Greenway, as the latter was
powerful and wide awake. II is thought
the deed was done by some ono who was
walking with the murdered man and that
the murderer suddenly struck Greenway
down while walking with him. The
Coroner's jury this afternoon decided
that he was struck by heavy
stick, similar to an ak helve
1t is rumored on pretty good au.
thority that James Menzies, at pres
ent Traffic Manager Papy's chief
clerk will be appointed General
Freight Agent of the Florida Railway and
Navigation COmpany's road vice MIR. Papy,
Traffic Manager and that the office Of Traffic
Manager will be abolished when Mr.. Papy
resigns on Aug. /.
rumor was also received here to-day
that the Railroad Commissioners are Judge
McWhorter, ex-Chief Justice, +. B. Papy
and Il. p. Desmukes, a prominent merchants
of Quincy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-31
AUGUSTA UNDER WATER.
PEOPLE TRAvERsING THE STREETS
IN BATEAUX.

The Canals Overflow Their Banks
Cords of Wood Floating Down the
River-Fears That Steamer Has
Been Wrecked in the River Near
Fort Gaines
AUGUSTA, GA, July 30-The water is
still rising, marking 33] feet at dark. Up
per McKinnie Collock, Cumming and
Campbell streets are flooded, while Jones,
Market and Reynolds above Campbell are
completely submerged, and bateaux are
used by residents for egress and
ingress. The water is on Broad
street, and street cars plough through
water. On upper Broad street, at Hawk S
gully bridge, the water is deep over the
streets quarter of mile in every direction
The canals have overhowed their banks
Campbell, Calhoun, Mcintosh, jackson and
Cummings streets are flooded for a radius of
one mile from Dublin bridge. The cana
bridges are weighted down tonight with
car wheels, etc. The first floors in the
northern and western portion of the town.
and along the second and third canal levels
are flooded. The factories are all shut down,
and Touring mills follow suit Around
Millers mill on Twiggs street is
a perfect lake. Fears are entertained for
the foot bridge across the river, and scores
of. workmen are engaged clearing it of
driftwood The stocks of the woodyards
along the river banks are being washed
away. All sorts of drift is coming down
the river, among it drowned stock,
pieces of bridges and many cords of
wood. In Richmond county, along the
river near Allen station, the water is higher
than since 1855. Rabbits and like denizens
of swamp lands are leaving their haunts,
and, together with the crops, much stock
has been lost About the only casualty yet
reported is the drowning of G. f. Smith,
near Thomson, though negroes are reported
drowned on the Carolina side, just above
the city II is still raining hard up the
country and this town is in danger.
At 8 o'clock tonight the river registered
33 feet 9 inches, being the highest since
1868. The cotton ana corn crops in the
Savannah valley have been submerged and
destroyed. Hamburg isentirely under water
Trains have been stopped on the Port
Royal Western Carolina, Central and GeOr-
gia railroads The floods have done great
injury TO the railroads, especially to the
Georgia railroad. The damage to cotton
cannot be estimated No such destructive
tIeshet has occurred in twenty-five years
1elegrams from the upper Savannah valley
report all the bottom lands flooded, and the
damage cannot be estimated. Continuous
rains have fallen in the up country. There
has been no heavy rain in Augusta to-day.
No loss of life is reported.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-31
THE SEIZURE OF THE FISHERMEN.
The Version of the Affair Given by the
Captives.


HALIFAX, N. s., July 30.-The steamer
worcester from Charlottetown for Boston
via Halifax, arrived here to-day with the
men who were ON the Gloucester schooners
Argonaut and Col. j. Fl. French, seized at
Sourls. There are fourteen all told. In
giving additional details of the facts con-
nected with the seizure of their
DoatS the men showed that too much
Importance was attached to the report
That the Souris customs collector refused to
allow them to return home on American
vessels. The American Consul's request on
ther behalf seems to have been to allow
the men to ship on United States vessels
that were short of hands through illness or
otherwise This makes the matter appear
III different light, and shows that the ap-
pllcatlon was not for permission for
uhe men to return home on fishing
vessels, as mariners in distress, but
10 permit them to proceed on a fishing
voyage from Canadian port. This privi-
lege has all along been denied to Ameri-
cans, no vessels being allowed to ship a
crew at ports i'll the provinces In answer
TO questions more Immediately concerning
the seizures, the men stated substantially as
follows: There were seven or eight sail of
fishermen off Souris at the time, nearly
ha1 OF them being provincial vessels The
Yankees so far as could be observed were
every one outside the limit, while many
OF the Canadians were fishing close in shore
The French and Argonaut set one seine each
about II o'clock i'll the morning at dis
tance of at least four miles from shore The
weather was quite calm but the tide car
ried the seine boats inward without the cir
cumstance being noticed by the fishermen.
The captains Of the schooners were both on
the boats when abOut . O'Clock the cYlliSpr
Critic, Capt. Mclean, hove in sight and
sent off boat. The French's boat was
first seized and then that belonging to the
Argonaut.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-31
two KILLED.
HORSE THIEVES SURROUNDED.
A Mob Bound to Lynch Them When
They are Captured.

LINCOLN, July 30.-A special dispatch
from Nebraska City says that mob of citi-
zens from Craig, Mo, have couple of horse
thieves surrounded in a forest in Iowa,
sixteen miles from Nebraska City. The mob
had the thieves surrounded near Craig yes
terday, and a battle ensued in which one of
the mob was killed. The thieves then broke
away, but were again pursued and sur
rounded at their present rendezvous. The
mob is thoroughly aroused, and there is no
doubt but that the thieves will be
promptly lynched when taken. A mob
of twenty men left Hamburg, Ia, late this
afternoon to assist in the capture, and
Nebraska City has just sent a delegation of
determined men, bent on bloody work
There is little doubt that the thieves will be
taken and dealt with summarily before
morning
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-31
SOUTHERN FREIGHT.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Enters Int
an Important Agreement.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Enters Into
an Important Agreement.
PHILADELPHIA, July 30.-Frank Thorn
son, Vice President of the Pennsylvania
railroad, had an interview yesterday with
the managers of important railway lines
leading south from Washington and con-
cluded negotiations for one of the most i'm
pOrtant railway traffic arrangements ever
entered into by the Pennsylvania railroad
The arrangements embrace the formation
of three through Southern lines i'll
order to overcome the expense and
delays by the numerous transfers incident
to the shipment of freight from cities and
interior points in the South destined to
points North reached by the Pennsylvania
road. There were present at the interview
John Robinson, President of the Seaboard
and Roanoke railroad; H. Walters, Gen
erQl Manager OF the Atlantic Coast Line /;
E. B. Thomas General Manager of the Rich
mond and Danville railroad; Sol Haas,
Traffic Manager of the Virginia Midland
railroad, and John S. Wilson, General
Freight and Traffic Agent of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad Three through freight
lines are arranged to cover all i'm
pOrtant Southern territory reached by roads
out of Washington and will run as follows:
One line to run via the Virginia Midland
and Richmond and Danville; the second to
run via the Atlantic Coast Line and the
third via the Wilmington Norfolk Rich
mond and Portsmouth. Each of the com
panieS interested will furnish its quota of
cars and the lines will provide all rail con-
nections, which will undoubtedly have great
influence in promoting the business interests
of the South. Vice President Thomson has
already directed that the cars TO bo pro
vided by the Pennsylvania railroad shall be
promptly assigned to this service and it is
the intention of all the parties interested to
proceed at once and get these through lines
in operation ar the earliest date possible.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-31
Ferry Urged to Fight.

orlaElS, AXIS, July 30.-Gen. Boulanger's sec
arn Pa.,i nave had an interview with ex- Premier
Gen':5.l. ana have formally presented the
Ferr,. F,..uI challenge TO fight a duel. NJ.
frianaa referred the seconds to two gentlemen
act 'HS go' ot his, who, he soid, were willing to
poy. yi ior W, nm. Some friends of M. Ferry are
N Iryglhg. him to fight Gen. Boulanger.
ang r. lpilys seconds are Deputies Baynal
eyco r Cu!sSlnlr ,c!., mn Perier. They had confer
tbo in,ayun WIN Gen; Boulanger's seconds after
Forrm,,' m,'erView between the latter and NJ.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-31
KLEHM PLEADS GUILTY.
A New Sensation in the Trial of the
Boodlers.

CHICAGO, July 30.-Nothing that has
happened in connection with the "boodle'
cases caused such sensation as the an
nouncement of George C. Klehm, President
of the Board of County Commissioners,
that he wishes to withdraw his plea of not
guilty and enter one of guilty. After the
examination of mic" Michaels, late yester-
day afternoon, the State presented lot of
documentary evidence and announced to
the court that the prosecution had
closed. States Attorney Grinnel had just
finished this announcement when klehm
addressed the Judge as noted above, The
effect on his co-defendants was remarkable.
They seemed the picture of CONSERVATION
and hardly knew how to take it. The Judge,
after explaining the law to Klehm, accepted
the plea, but ON request of States Attorney
Grinnell sentence was deferred.
CLOSING THE STATES CASE
Mr. Grinnell, in announcing the closing of
the States case, said that they did 1t with
the understanding that the counsel for the
defense would consent to the Introduction OF
any supplementary testimony they might
wish to introduce, but had not then at hand
or had forgotten as the first business next
Monday morning The counsel for the de-
feuse consented to this arrangement which
had no sooner been arrived at than Mr..
Klehm advanced to the bar of the court
and formally entered plea
of guilty, then it was that new light broke
on the situation, and it became apparent to
ali that further testimony" was not at hand,
but certainly not forgotten, would be fur
nished from the commanding position of the
witness stand in the court next Monday
morning by the Chairman of tho Commits
sioners, and ex-officio member of all the
committees, George c. Klehm.